A Kansas City, Kan., tax return preparer was sentenced to two years and three months in prison in a federal tax case.
Antoine Dorsey, who owned and operated Day-1 Tax Service, a tax preparation business in Kansas City, was found guilty of preparing fraudulent tax returns, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Thomas Beall, Kansas District.
Court documents stated that Dorsey reported fictitious business income on his clients’ returns to qualify them for the earned income tax credit, and claim refunds to which they were not entitled. The Internal Revenue Service lost about $74,487 as a result, according to court documents.
In addition to the prison term imposed, Dorsey was ordered to serve one year of supervised release and to pay restitution in the amount of $88,467 including $74,487 to the IRS. On April 6, 2016, Dorsey pleaded guilty to aiding and assisting in the preparation of a fraudulent tax return.
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart Goldberg and U.S. Attorney Beall commended special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott C. Rask and Trial Attorney John T. Mulcahy of the Tax Division, who are prosecuting the case.